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Connection
Connection is a daily devotional to encourage women in their faith and life overseas. It brings the Word of God and conversation with sisters into their day-to-day lives.
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Living Life with God

September 12, 2024
PURPOSE Contentment Rest
My friend was struggling with knowing if she was doing enough for God. Her health struggles kept her home and unable to visit the women she had begun to disciple. Gently I asked her what she wanted her life to be about. “Making disciples,” she whi...
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When You’re Raising Kids Rather than Working “Out There”

September 11, 2024
PURPOSE Balancing ministry, family, & life Contentment Expectations Purpose Raising kids cross-culturally
When I arrived in Africa, I was living the dream (yep—I was one of those). I’d thought living overseas was an impossibility—especially with four little kids—yet here I was, bare feet happily covered in red dust in my Ugandan kitchen.
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  • by JANEL BREITENSTEIN
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Our Ultimate Purpose for Serving

September 10, 2024
PURPOSE Seeing & not seeing fruit
It’s so easy as global workers to get caught up in a numbers game—we evaluate our success (or lack thereof) based on statistics: the number of conversions, disciples, attendees, churches planted, and so on. I’m not discounting the importance of vi...
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When Location Changes, Purpose Remains

September 09, 2024
PURPOSE Transitions
Psalm 138:8 “The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.” 
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